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Hi Tom,
yep, there is very little restrictions enforced by the license keys on
NBU in terms of numbers of anything, ie if you have a licenses key for a
Solaris server you can use this multiple times in theory and there is
nothing to techically stop you. On your specific concern you don't need to
worry as the licesense keys for number of clients will never cause any
backup failures. The license is legally binding as opposed to technically
restricitve,
cheers Andy.
tomvo AT absi DOT be
21/03/2006 13:07
To: andrew.x.smith AT jpmchase DOT com
cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] netbackup for solaris: determining how
many
clientlicenses there are ?
Hi Andy,
Thanks for your reply.
Does this mean that there are no technical limits but only legal ones ?
How are we then warned if the total numbers of clients has surpassed our
license limit ? If I understand you correctly, even the software doesn't
know it ?
My main reason to ask is to make sure that problems with licenses don't
cause sudden backup problems.
regards,
Tom.
andrew.x.smith AT jpmchase DOT com
21/03/2006 14:02
To: tomvo AT absi DOT be
cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] netbackup for solaris:
determining how many clientlicenses there are ?
Hi Tom,
"surely there must be a way to do it via the command line", you would
think so but sorry there isn't :( this goes for other things like server
license keys too, the key has no actual number of licenses assigned to it
in terms of the functionality it unlocks so the only place that will tell
you is the paper license documentation that Veritas provide with the key
(or you will have to get the information from your Veritas account rep),
thanks Andy.
tomvo AT absi DOT be
Sent by: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
21/03/2006 12:50
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
cc:
Subject: [Veritas-bu] netbackup for solaris: determining
how many client licenses there are ?
Hi,
We have a Netbackup server running on solaris backing up several windows
and unix machines.
Our customer wants to know how many clients can backup to the server, but
from the information I get from the 'bpminlicense -list_keys -verbose'
output, it's very hard to determine this.
for example, one of the license keys lists this:
file version = 0x07050000
time added = 0x40555141 Thu Apr 8 15:18:57 2004
hostname = sunbkup
product ID = 6 NetBackup DataCenter
serial number = 444570
key version = 0x00000001
count = 0
server platform = 0 Any platform
client platform = 2 Any Windows platform
server tier = 5 NetBackup Server
client tier = 0 No tier
license type = 1 Permanent
Site ID = 600 Unknown site: 600
Feature ID = 63 5.0 key bit +
Feature ID = 22 Additional clients +
What does this tell me with respect to how many client licenses I have ? I
read somewhere that I need to check the license documents to see this, but
surely there must be a way to do it via the command line ?
This is the contents of the version file:
NetBackup-Solaris2.6 4.5MP6
regards,
Tom.
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Hi Tom,</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> yep, there is very little
restrictions enforced by the license keys on NBU in terms of numbers of
anything, ie if you have a licenses key for a Solaris server you can use this
multiple times in theory and there is nothing to techically stop you. On your
specific concern you don't need to worry as the licesense keys for number of
clients will never cause any backup failures. The license is legally binding as
opposed to technically restricitve,</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">
cheers Andy.</font>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif"><b>tomvo AT absi DOT be</b></font>
<p><font size=1 face="sans-serif">21/03/2006 13:07</font>
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<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif"> To:
andrew.x.smith AT jpmchase DOT com</font>
<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif"> cc:
veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu</font>
<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif"> Subject:
Re: [Veritas-bu] netbackup for solaris: determining how
many clientlicenses there are ?</font></table>
<br>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Hi Andy,<br>
<br>
<br>
Thanks for your reply.<br>
<br>
Does this mean that there are no technical limits but only legal ones ? <br>
How are we then warned if the total numbers of clients has surpassed our <br>
license limit ? If I understand you correctly, even the software doesn't <br>
know it ?<br>
<br>
My main reason to ask is to make sure that problems with licenses don't <br>
cause sudden backup problems.<br>
<br>
<br>
regards,<br>
Tom.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
andrew.x.smith AT jpmchase DOT com<br>
21/03/2006 14:02<br>
<br>
To: tomvo AT absi DOT be<br>
cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn
DOT edu<br>
Subject: Re:
[Veritas-bu] netbackup for solaris: <br>
determining how many clientlicenses there are ?<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Hi Tom, <br>
<br>
"surely there must be a way to do it via the command line",
you would <br>
think so but sorry there isn't :( this goes for other things like server <br>
license keys too, the key has no actual number of licenses assigned to it <br>
in terms of the functionality it unlocks so the only place that will tell <br>
you is the paper license documentation that Veritas provide with the key <br>
(or you will have to get the information from your Veritas account rep), <br>
<br>
thanks Andy. <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
tomvo AT absi DOT be <br>
Sent by: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu <br>
21/03/2006 12:50 <br>
<br>
To: veritas-bu AT
mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu <br>
cc: <br>
Subject: [Veritas-bu]
netbackup for solaris: determining <br>
how many client licenses there are ?<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Hi,<br>
<br>
<br>
We have a Netbackup server running on solaris backing up several windows <br>
and unix machines.<br>
Our customer wants to know how many clients can backup to the server, but <br>
from the information I get from the 'bpminlicense -list_keys -verbose' <br>
output, it's very hard to determine this.<br>
<br>
for example, one of the license keys lists this:<br>
<br>
file version = 0x07050000<br>
time added = 0x40555141 Thu Apr 8 15:18:57 2004<br>
hostname = sunbkup<br>
product ID = 6 NetBackup DataCenter<br>
serial number = 444570<br>
key version = 0x00000001<br>
count = 0<br>
server platform = 0 Any platform<br>
client platform = 2 Any Windows platform<br>
server tier = 5 NetBackup Server<br>
client tier = 0 No tier<br>
license type = 1 Permanent<br>
Site ID = 600 Unknown site: 600<br>
Feature ID = 63 5.0 key bit +<br>
Feature ID = 22 Additional clients +<br>
<br>
<br>
What does this tell me with respect to how many client licenses I have ? I <br>
<br>
read somewhere that I need to check the license documents to see this, but <br>
<br>
surely there must be a way to do it via the command line ?<br>
<br>
<br>
This is the contents of the version file:<br>
NetBackup-Solaris2.6 4.5MP6<br>
<br>
regards,<br>
Tom.<br>
<br>
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